This technical paper describes the planning and execution of a multiservice-vessel (MSV) -based hydraulic-intervention campaign in Chevron’s Tahiti field in the US Gulf of Mexico. The five-well campaign was executed incident-free during 2015, delivering a total treatment volume of almost 30,000 bbl, resulting in 8,500‑BOPD gross initial production uplift and cost savings of 85% in comparison with traditional rig-based methods.
Introduction
The Tahiti reservoirs comprise stacked turbidite sandstone deposits. The three major reservoirs are M-XX, M-YY, and M-ZZ, which account for approximately 82, 9, and 9% of proved reserves in the field, respectively. The M-XX reservoir, of which all intervention candidate wells are a subset, is further separated into two distinct pay intervals, the M-XXA and the M-XXB. Tahiti producers are installed as cased-hole frac-packed completions, with stacked frac packs and commingled production the norm for these M-XXA and M-XXB wells.
